Nice that the battle continues on despite losses. I'm sure Dowly will make it back safely!
By the way 14th to 15th June 1944 was a pretty important day for me, as my grandfather was wounded lightly during an air raid against the train that was carrying JR 25 (Infantry Regiment 25, from the 4th Division) to the front. Because of the wound he spent the regiments worst days of the war in hospital, and when he got back to his unit his platoon was led by a Private First Class. All the higher ups had been killed or wounded and a platoon of 30 something was now 8 men. This was another blessing as the unit was almost incapable of any serious fighting anymore and the mini-platoon had been given a task of defending a swamp, so no tank attacks. Grandpa was lucky there and that is why I am now happily sipping a shot of whisky lying on my sofa
